Plein air painting 70

Painted on an early morning day in September 2022, this landscape painting shows the iconic Bargate structure in the city of Southampton. It was originally the entrance to what was then a town and would have had tall walls either side to protect the town from invasion. There are still a number of 'gates' and sections of wall around the city indicating its size at the time. It was built in Norman times and is grade 1 listed. Behind, on the right, a new development is rising which will help to showcase some of the existing wall in that part of the city.

Painted on mounting board sized at 12" x 9.5" in oils.

7" x 5" studies - headstones

This collection of small studies were done during summer 2022 at the 'Old' cemetery, Southampton. The area is 27 acres, and contains approximately 116,800 graves. 
Each of these oil painted studies is sized at 7" x 5", and painted alla prima.

still life painting 12

Copper Turkish coffee pot with fruit and bowl still life, done as 'alla prima'. Painted very late December 2022 in oil on cardboard sized at 12" x 9.5". 

Rodin statue 'Eve'

This alla prima sketch was done from life during a stay at the Southampton City Art gallery, and features ‘Eve’ by Rodin. It is a life size bronze cast from 1882. The painting is done in oils on an A3 sized piece of mounting board during June 2022.

Eve, together with a matching Adam, was to be part of a colossal decorative entrance for an arts museum being constructed at the time, in Paris. The collective artwork, called ‘The Gates of Hell’ was to consist of almost 200 figures, but never completed.

Plein air painting 69

Terminus Terrace is a main road in Southampton that leads to the docks. This view is looking northwards with the South Western House ( a former hotel used in connection with the now closed terminus station) on the right hand side (off picture). A pedestrianised Oxford street is on the left and the London Hotel pub sits on the corner. This Victorian building is adorned with pretty ceramic tiling in green and light-brown, decorative windows and floral displays. Painted in late August on Monday morning. There was a lot of drilling on a construction site off left, so it was very noisy too that morning.
12" x 9.5" oil on mounting board, during late summer 2022.